Playlist for Alive and Picking for October 2, 2010. Format is ARTIST / song title /  album title / label.

We started the show with a couple of sets celebrating musicians who have birthdays in the month of October. Their date of birth appears in parentheses after their name.


JO-EL SONNIER (10/2/1946) Amedee Two-Step / Cajun Roots / Rounder
E.C. BALL (10/1/1913) Standing on the Promises / E.C. Ball & Orna, Through the Years / Copper Creek
THE BLUE BOYS / Easy Winner (which was the basis for The Entertainer) / in honor of Scott Joplin's birthday 10/24 w/Matthew Prater, mandolin, rec. 1928
JOHN PRINE (10/10) with Iris DeMent / We Could / In Spite of Ourselves / Oh Boy
BYRON PARKER'S MOUNTAINEERS with SNUFFY JENKINS (10/27/1908) / C and NW Railroad Blues / rec. 1940
PATRICK SKY (10/2/1940) Separation Blues / VA: Folk Music at Newport Vol. 1 / Vanguard
BLUE SKY BOYS (Bill Bolick 10/28/1917) Sunny Side of Life / There'll Come a Time / BSR
THE BEATLES (John Lennon 10/9/1940) In My Life / Rubber Soul / EMI-Capitol
WILMA LEE AND STONEY (10/16/1918) COOPER / Little Darling Pal of Mine / Sing the Carter Family's Greatest Hits / Gusto LP
SONNY TERRY (10/24) Custard Pie Blues / Whoopin' the Blues, the Capitol Recordings 1947-1950 / EMI Capitol
ANNE HILLS (10/18) AND CINDY MANGSEN / Where We'll Never Grow Old (with John Roberts and Tony Barrand) / Never Grow Old / Flying Fish
GRANDPA JONES (10/20/1913) WITH THE DELMORE BROTHERS / Take It On Out the Door / Grandpa Jones / Ace
NARCISO MARTINEZ (10/29) La Reina de San Benito / Father of the Texas-Mexican Conjunto / Arhoolie
THE MILLS BROTHERS (John Mills Jr. 10/19/1910) It Don't Mean a Thing If You Ain't Got That Swing / Early Mills Brothers 1934-1942 / Jazz
Archives
MARK HUMPHREY & DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA / Sleepwalk (in honor of Santo Farina of Santo & Johnny, 10/24/1937) / Calcutta to California / Frequency Glide
WADE WARD (10/15/1892) Fox Chase / LP
THE SAVOY FAMILY BAND (Marc Savoy 10/1/1940) / Two-Step de Prairie Soileau / Turn Loose But Don't Let Go / Arhoolie
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS (Sonny Osborne 10/12) One Tear / Bluegrass Melodies / Decca LP
GILLIAN WELCH (10/2) Orphan Girl / Revival / Almo
ECK ROBERTSON / Brilliancy Medley (contains "Sittin' On Top of the World," a birthday request for Kerry Blech) / Old Time Texas Fiddler / County
BERNIE PEARL (10/17/1939) Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning / Live From Boulevard Music / Major Label
CHIRPS SMITH (10/11) Tippin' Back the Corn / Little Egypt / VigorTone
DAVID HOLT (10/15/1946) Pretty Polly / Grandfather's Greatest Hits / HighWindy Audio
TOM BALL (10/24/1950) Joseph Spence Medley / Guitar Music / Kicking Mule
TOM PAXTON (10/31/1938) Did You Hear John Hurt? /The Best of the Vanguard Years / Vanguard
BUDDY THOMAS (10/10/1935) Yellow Barber / LP

end of birthdays set

TIM O'BRIEN / Suzanna / Chicken & Egg / Howdy Skies
AUSTIN LOUNGE LIZARDS / The Other Shore / Employee of the Month / Sugar Hill
THE HONEY DEWDROPS /Amaranth / These Old Roots / www.thehoneydewdrops.com
JOE MULLINS & THE RADIO RAMBLERS / Boston Jail / Ramblers Call / Rebel
ERIC BRACE & PETER COOPER / Wait a Minute / Master Sessions / Red Beet

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